Garden-hose supporter.



A. GETMAN.

GARDEN HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

INVENTOR munsw B GRAHAM cQ. PHCTO-UYHOGRAFHERS. WASHINGTON. a c.

ANSON GETMA'N, OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK.

GARDEN-HOSE SUPPOBTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsoN GETMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 8 First avenue, Johnstown, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garden-Hose Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to hose hangers, and the principal object of the same is to provide a hanger which may be suspended from a ceiling, wall, or other support to permit the hose to be coiled thereon so that the air may freely circulate about the hose and through the coils thereof to facilitate drying, and also to provide a support over which the hose may be hung or drawn so that the water may be drained from the hose.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above it will, of course, be readily understood that the essential features thereof are susceptible of changes in details and structural arrangements, but a preferred and practical embodiment of the same is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved hose hanger. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar View taken onthe line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the central portion of the hanger, showing a slightly modified form of suspending lip.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, 1 designates the body of the improved hose hanger which is in the form of an arc and trough-shaped in cross-section to provide a concaved seat for the hose. The sides of the body are provided with openings 2 which lighten the body and also permit a circulation of air transversely through the same so that the parts of the coils of the hose resting in said body may be quickly dried. As will be observed by reference to Fig. 3, the openings 2 are of such a size that all moisture on the hose will readily drain through said openings. Said openings are preferably of the rectangular shape shown although obviously they may be of any other desired or convenient shape and are separated by the thin or narrow strips 3.

At the central portion of the body 1 a wide strip 4 separates the series of openings 2, said wlde strip obviously being continu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 21, 1909.

Serial No. 508,767.

ous transversely of the said body and at one side of the said body and forming practically a continuation of said wide strip, a flat upstanding tapering suspending lip 5 is provided through which an opening 6 is formed for engagement with a hook 7 or the like projecting from a wall, ceiling or other support. As will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 4, the base of said lip 5 is wider than the strip 4 and merges into the edge of one side of said body, which structure, combined with the wide strip 4, greatly strengthens the body at its central portion where the greatest strain incident to the weight of the hose is exerted.

As is suggested in Fig. 4, the opening through the lip 5 may be in the form of a key-hole slot 8 which permits the use of a fiat supporting hook.

In addition to imparting strength to the central portion of the body, the fiat lip 5 also permits the body 1 to have a flush Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

contact with the wall or other support, as

is suggested in Fig. 2 so that lateral swing of the hanger will be limited.

The improved hanger may sheet metal or cast metal, and an integral structure.

In using the hanger for storing hose, the hose is coiled about the same as is indicated by dotted lines so that the moisture thereof will drain through the side openings and also so that-air may have a circulation over and about said coils. It will also be understood that the hanger may be used for draining water from the hose after use, in which case the hose is hung over the hanger, or drawn through the same, from end to end, ghus greatly facilitating the draining of the ose.

While a hook has been shown as the medium for supporting the hanger, it will be obvious that other supports may be used if desired.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A hose hanger in the shape of a curved skeleton rack, circular in cross section to provide a concave seat for the hose, the sides of said rack being formed with enlarged openings permitting a hose to be supported in layers away from said openings, and a central portion of the hanger at one side having a vertical projection for suspending said hanger from a support.

2. A hose hanger in the shape of a curved skeleton rack, circular in cross section to be formed of is preferably liip being adapted to engage a suspending 10 evlce.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON GETMAN.

WVitnesses:

BRUCE L. SMITH, MoINTYRE FRASER. 

